W Boson Cross Section and Decay Properties at the Tevatron

TL;DR

This paper reports the first measurements of W and Z boson production cross sections at 1.96 TeV and new angular decay distributions at 1.8 TeV in proton-antiproton collisions, providing insights into electroweak interactions.

Contribution

It provides the first measurements of W and Z production cross sections at 1.96 TeV and new angular decay distributions at 1.8 TeV, advancing experimental understanding of boson properties.

Findings

Measured W and Z cross sections at 1.96 TeV

Analyzed W angular decay distributions at 1.8 TeV

Enhanced understanding of electroweak boson properties

Abstract

We present the first measurements of sigma(p\bar{p} -> W -> l nu) and sigma(p\bar{p} -> Z -> l l) at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV, along with new measurements of W angular-decay distributions in p\bar{p} collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.8 TeV.